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You have inventoried the environment. Now watch how it behaves. Week two is about understanding the jamf binary, the check-in cycle, policy execution, logs, and scoping — without touching production.
Shows how to build DDM Configuration and Activation declarations with PowerShell objects, arrays, nested hashtables, predicates, and ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10.
Explains the supported Jamf Pro path for custom DDM declarations: deploy with Blueprints, authenticate to the API, and verify DSS and DDM status data.
Translate Event Viewer habits to macOS terminal troubleshooting with unified logging, log show, log stream, predicates, install.log, and tail.
Map Windows permission and elevation habits to macOS ownership, POSIX modes, ACL inspection, sudo, root, admin users, and SIP boundaries.
Translate Windows Services and Scheduled Tasks into macOS launchd concepts, including LaunchDaemons, LaunchAgents, plist keys, and launchctl.
Translate PowerShell habits into practical zsh usage on macOS, including command equivalents, quoting, variables, exit codes, pipes, and text tools.
Map Windows filesystem and PowerShell navigation concepts to macOS paths, Library folders, Volumes, zsh commands, and PowerShell 7 on the Mac.
A practical guide to using PowerShell 7+ on macOS for Windows administrators crossing into Apple fleet management.